Textile-marking machine.



B. SHERWOOD.

TEXTILE MARKING MACHINE.

APPLlcATloN FILED MAR.13, Isra.

Patented Sept. 3,-1918.

B'URT SHERWOO'D, OF iGRAND'BJ-KIPIDS,` MICHIGAN.'

Speiciiicationy of Letters .Patent. Patentedsept 3,-.'1918.-

Application ledMarch 13, 1918; Serial N 0,222,122..

To all whom/t may concern :4

Be itknown that. I, BURT SHERwooD, a

citizen-,ofthe United States of America,v

residing at Grandv Rapids, in the county of Kent and .State .of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements in Textile-Marking Machinesgand I do hereby declare theifollowing lto bea full, clear, and

exact ,description` ofthe invention, .such as will enable others1f skilled in thefart to which it appertains to make and `use the-same.

Thisfinventionrelates to a tex-tile.marking.y machine, being particularly adapted. for the application of indicating marksv to an.- edge;

of Irolls oflknitted textile fabrics, said marks beingindicative. of characteristics, quality,

Weight, width, .or the-like, of theafabric: in

therollf- Itais a common practice in textile. fabric knitting millsf =to attach 1 indicating tagsftotheendsofrolls to convey such in-l formation, vbut infmany instances the tags arefinsecurely attached and become .displaced or engage witheandncut holes in. the roll4 thereby destroying considerable `portions of the fabric, while in addition-the-cost of theV tagsr and their application to, the ,f :rolls is a matter.' of some expense. it iscontemplatedlthat-the marks shall be indelibly. applied to thezend of the fabric. of

the'roll in such mannerthat it is impossiblel tozdestroyor lose the `indices relating to the rolloff--fabric,rand.,onen-primary object and purpose ofimyinvention is theattainment of.

this end,- A vfurther object andf purpose of the inventionlis'to produce a textile marking machinewith which .a greatfvariety of textile indicating marks may be used, together withfmeans ,f-forl automatically changing the mark with-reach; marking..operation of the machine.lr Astill further-object.v ofthe invention is @tog producea machineof this char.- acter-ingwhich fthe marking, fof the goods is accomplished! by; grinding a coloring matter into the fabric such that it is indelibly ap` plied thereto. Various other objects and purposes,other than those particularly enumerated, will appean-as understanding ofthe invention is had yfrom thefollowing descrip. tiontaken inconjunction' with the accom-. panyin'g; drawing, in vwhich, Y

Figureyl is a :plan view of'thamarking. machine.:V Y

Fig.r;2 is-a side elevation'thereof, various parts'beingfbxoken away andfshown in sec- 'II;

In .my invention Fig. 3 is a front end view of the machine.

Fig. .4 is a plan viewof'the bottom member of the machine.

Fig. v v5 is a plan view of an element of the machine used in bringin'gthe two main members of the' machine together for the marking operation.

Figr is a vertical section substantially on the line 6-,6 of FigQ, and

Fig. `7 vis a View ofa mark which may be applied to textile fabrics by the machine.

Like reference characters .refer to like parts in the-.diierentviews of the drawing. A

In constructiona bottom member 1 is provided from-,which, adjacent its front end, sides 2 extend upwardly being connected at their upperends by a cross plate or table 3 in which a longitudinal slot 4 is cut. flhrough thisslot .the upper edges of markmg disks 5 project, thesame being mounted side'by sid'eon ,a shaft and each having a consecutive series of raised indicating characters 7 ,placed preferably, in consecutive4V order on the disks.v A plurality of pins 9.

project upwardly from the table 3, the same serving to hold the endfof a textile fabric which may be laid upon the table, it being apparent that when thus,laid, lthe fabric is brought into lcontact with a lineof indicating` characters '7 on the various disks 5 of the machine. Preferably, a pair of disks atone end of thema'chineare .separated from the remainder by a stationary member 8 which basa raised hyphen or ,dash on its upper edge extending through the slot 4.

In connection with the-lower member, an upper. member l() slused, havingdepending sides llwhich/connect on each side ofthe lower member.v at the rearl endthereof, and

throughv .which a shaft 12 extends, the same also passing A,through a raised portion. 13 of ,th-elower member. lThesides l1 are slotted for va shortv distance to permit.,` relative movement of the upper. member with, respect tothelower. member, and, said sides house springs 14. under compression A.which bear against blocksl resting` upon the shaft'l2, whereby. the rear. end. of rthe: upper member is normally vvraised a short distance by the springs. In additionasprings'l are Vinterposed between theupper and lower members in front of. thepivotal. connection fthereof, the effect 'of which is to normally elevate the upper overhanging 'portion' of the kupper member and' move it and-Hits attached parts away from the table 3, the limit of elevation being controlled by an adjustable stopscrew 17 which threads through the rear end of the upper member and is adapted to bear at its lower end against a ledge 18 on the lower member 1. A shaft 19, terminating at one end in a crank 20, is rot-atably mounted on and passes transversely through the sides 11, it having fixed thereon at spaced apart points two sleeves 2l, integral with which are eccentric cam guides 22 adapted to engage with cam projections 23 located one at each side of the lower member 1, said projections cooperating with the guides 22 and serving, on rotation of the shaft 19, to draw the front part of the upper member toward the table 3 compressing the springs 16 during such operation. Accordingly, by alternately operating the shaft 19 in opposite directions, the frnt end of the upper member may be alternately moved toward and away from the table 3. On the side of each of the disks 5 a ratchet wheel 2-1 is secured engaging with each of which a. paw] 25, all of the pawls being loosely mounted on a shaft 26 and the same pressed into engagement with the ratchet wheels 24 by springs 27. It is obvious that on the downward movement of the front end of the upper member, the end of a pawl is moved from one notch in the ratchet wheel to another, and that on the return upward movement, the disks are moved one step. The pawls and ratchet wheels 24v may be used with all of the disks 5 or omitted witt respect to some of them. For instance, with the two disks at the right hand end. of the machine (referring to Fig. 3), it is in many instances desirable that these shall remain normally stationary and be moved when desired by hand.

A gear wheel 2R is rotatably mounted on the upper member 10 and may be turned by a crank 29 attached thereto. This gear meshes with a pinion 30 fixed on a. short stud shaft 31 in front of the gear 28, which shaft at its lower end is equipped with an eccentric received in an elliptical slot in the upper side of a bar which is loosely supported at the front end of the upper member on the inturned guides 34, it being evident that on rotation of the crank 29 by hand, an oscillatory movement is given to the bar 33. On the under side of the bar 33 a solid plate 85 of mineral coloring matter may be fixed in any desired manner, it moving and oscillating with the bar as is obvious.

When a textile fabric is introduced over the table 3 and connected with the pins 9 the shaft 19 may be turned by grasping the handle 20 to bring the mineral coloring plate 35 closely vin engagement therewith, after which the crank 29 may be rotated.

This moves the coloring plate 35 back and forth against the fabric and grinds the coloring matter into such portions of the fabric as are placed against the plate 35 by the raised indicating characters 7, directly on which the fabric rests. The oscillatory movement of the coloring plate causes the yarns or threads of the fabric to be turned over partially so that the same are completely impregnated with the mineral coloring matter. After the crank 29 has been rotated a few times, the fabric has received the indicating characters at the upper edges of the row of disks which project through the slot t, and the upper member may then be released by turning the crank 29 in the opposite direction, the same automatically lifting to permit the end of the fabric to be freed. The character which is in this manner applied to the. fabric is similar to that shown in Fig. 7, consisting of a series of figures separated from the two end figures by a hyphen or dash, said dash always extending through the slot 4 and being carried on the upper edge of the stationary member 8. With the elevation of the front end of the upper member the indicating characters on at least a portion of the disks are moved so that the next fabric passed. receives a different character and, of course, at any time, any of the disks may be moved by hand for a desired character, it being designed that the front end of the upper member in its normal freed position shall he elevated suffi.- ciently that the operator may see the indicating characters which extend through the slot 4t. of the table 3.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a relatively simple yet edective construction for indelibly applying indicating characters on the ends of fabric pieces, and one which is of particular utility for use on the ends of rolls of textile fabrics to indicate quality, characteristics, weights, widths, and the like, of the fabrics. While the indicating characters shown on the disks are numbers, various other types of indicating characters may be used and I do not wish to be limited to the one type shown. Various other modifications in detail of structure of the machine may be resorted to without departing from my invention and I accordingly, consider myself entitled to all modifications such as fall within the scope of the appended claims defining the invention.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the character described, a series of raised marking characters against which a textile fabric is adapted to be placed, a member containing coloring matter positioned over said characters, and means for moving said member back and forth over said characters and against the fabric placed against them to thereby fill portions of the fabric above the characters with coloring matter thereby marking the fabric with facsimiles of the characters against which it is placed, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described, two members mounted for relative movement toward or away from each other, a series of raised marking characters on one of said members, a third member containing coloring material mounted for oscillatory movement on the other of said members, and normally spaced a distance from the marking characters whereby a thickness of textile fabric may be introduced between said characters and third member, afterwhich said third member may be brought against the fabric, and means to oscillate said third member when pressed against the fabric and with the fabric pressed against the marking characters, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, a series of marking characters and a member containing coloring matter between which a thickness of textile fabric may be introduced, means whereby said member may be brought against the fabric and the fabric against said marking characters, and means for moving said member back and forth over the fabric to grind the coloring matter therein at the places where it presses against said marking characters.

4L. In a machine of the character described, a lower member, a table at one end thereof, a plurality of marking characters lengthwise of and projecting slightly above the table, means on the table for engaging with a textile fabric to position the same over the marking characters, a second member movably mounted on and above the first member, la third member carrying a plate containing coloring matter mounted on the second member above the table and adapted to be moved downwardly to bear against the fabric on the table, and means for moving said third member and attached plate over and against the fabric to impart coloring matter 'to the fabric at the points where it bears against the marking characters.

5. In a machine Vof the character described, a plurality of marking characters, means to hold a textile fabric against said characters, and means to grind coloring matter into the fabric at the points where it bears against said characters.

6. In a machine of the character described, upper and lower members pivotally connected together adjacent one end, means normally separating said members at the other end whereby a thickness of textile fabric may be introduced between them, marking characters on the lower member over which the fabric is placed, a third member carrying a plate of coloring material movably mounted on the upper member, means to force said plate tightly against the fabric, and means to move said plate back and forth over the fabric, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, upper and lower members pivotally connected together adjacent one end, means for normally separating said members at the other end a limited distance whereby a thickness of fabric may be introduced between them, a series of marking disks rotatively mounted on the lower member and provided with raised marking characters ladapted to project above the surfaces of the disks, a third member carrying a plate of coloring material movably mounted on the upper member above the disks, means to force the upper member downwardly to bring said plate against fabric disposed between it and said disks, means to move the plate back and 'forth over and against the fabric, and means to automatically turn the disks one step on release of the upper member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

BURT SHERWOOD.

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